Business Support Officer -Employment, career opportunity in UK

Job Title:  Business Support Officer
Job Type:    Contract/Interim
Location:    Hertfordshire, Stevenage
Start Date:    ASAP
Duration :   6 months
Salary :   11.00 - 11.50 GBP Hourly
Ref No:   225960-6908359


Business Support Officer - Stevenage - 6 Month Contract - £11.50ph

To provide a professional, flexible and proactive support service to the Business

Accountabilities

For all placements provide pro-active, accurate and comprehensive support to the local managers and teams
Provide local expertise in the key IT based applications
Create, maintain and update MS Excel spread sheets, PowerPoint presentations and MS Word documents accurately and timely.
Understand & utilise Company IT systems ie SAP, ORCA, DOORS, 4Cast, PDM, Collage and other specialist tools and databases
Problem solving as required to ensure smooth running of the domain
Participation in UK Support Function initiatives and personal development initiatives
Championing a cost conscious approach to the delivery of UKSF supported activities
Discretion when handling personal and Company data

Dependant on placement, carry out duties as required, including but not limited to:
Provide accurate control and maintenance of electronic diaries for identified managers
Arrange travel (including currency) for identified managers
Provide meeting co-ordination and participation
Provide management and maintenance of email for identified managers
Co-ordinate arrangements for on-site or off-site meetings and events, attend and participate as required
Administer expense forms for identified managers, submitted in a timely manner
Provide specific support to the Project and/or functional teams
Specific tasks and projects to be defined in the workplace
May include documentation, archiving, and other tasks specific to the domain
Provide general business support to the Project and/or Functional teams
Assist the general engineering project and/or functional population to optimise efficiency throughout the business
These tasks may be varied and ad-hoc in scope
Maintain and analyse data, create reports and present findings

Skills and Knowledge:

• Formal qualifications ideally up to degree level or equivalent experience
• NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent business experience
• Intermediate level of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Good awareness of our operation, policies, processes and products
• Experience of working in a support function across a range of support and administrative activities
• Good written and verbal communication skills using accurate spelling and grammar
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
• Self-motivation and ability to adapt to changing environment and evolving technologies
• Performance Indicators
• For all placements
• Proactive delivery of service to the assigned domain
• Recognised as a team player who will provide assistance and support across a wide range of activities or tasks
• Develop to become 1st point of contact on relevant software applications
• Complete cover provided (with other UKSF staff) for planned absence
• Discretion and confidentiality maintained.
• Participation and Progress on UKSF and personal development initiatives

The Company:
Our client is a world leading, global missile systems company, delivering cutting-edge technologies to its multinational customer base. It operates in all of the major world markets and is the only company able to design and produce missiles and missile systems for army, navy and air forces. Their growing reputation for innovation and technical excellence owes much to their engineering facilities, rated amongst the most modern in the world.

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Advantage Technical Resourcing. Services offered are those of an employment agency for permanent work and/or employment business for the supply of contract/temp work. Advantage Resourcing is a service driven recruitment consultancy.


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